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Volume 79—Number 1 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, Thursday, April 30, 1959 Seven Cents
18 Year Old Boy
Dies in Hospital;
Perry Funeral Set
The funeral of Robert Dean Per
ry. 18, of Emmet, who died in St.
Vincents hospital in Sioux City
Monday will lie at 10 a m. Friday
at the O'Neill Methodist church
with the Rev. Glen Kennicott of
ficiating.
Robert was taken to St Anthony’s
hospital In O'Neill 10 weeks ago
and in two weeks was taken to
Sioux City.
He wras a graduate of O Neill
high school and attended grade
school in Emmet.
He is survived by his fatlier,
I>ean; mother, Ruth; sisters. Mrs.
Donna Staub, Betty Jean and Bev
erly, all of Emmet and two brothers
Itearoldi and Dwayne, both of Em
met.
Also surviving are grandparents
Mr P. J. Hickey of Boise. Ida.,
and Fred Perry of Pierre, S. D.;
great-grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
William Newton of Emmet.
long Time Rancher
In County Dies;
Pease Rites Today
The funeral of R. M. Pease. 77,
a Holt county rancher and farmer
for 45 years, will lie held Thurs
day at 2 p m. at the O'Neill Meth
odist church.
Mr. Pease died Monday at the
Atkinson Memorial hospital. He
had been ill for several weeks
prior to his death, but had spent
one week in the hospital.
He is survived by two sons, Wal
ter of Emmet and Ray of Atkin
son; a sister, Mrs. Louis (Bess)
Jennings of Tartentum. Pa.; grand
children, Robert R. Pease of At
kinson and Merle, Joan and Rila
of Emmet.
Mr Pease spent his boyhood in
Pennsylvania and came to Shelby
at the age of 18
Preceding him in death were
his wife who dic'd in 1952 and his
brother, Pearl, who died in Ibe
early thirties.
Mr. and Mrs. Pease moved to
O’Neill, retiring from the farm in
1947
Funeral Today For
Arthur G. Fluckey,
A Chambers Farmer
Funeral services for Arthur Cl.
Fluckey, 78. farmer from Cham
bers. who died Monday at St An
thony's hospital, will ho held Thurs
day at 2 p m. at the Baptist church
in Chambers.
The Rev. Earl Schwenk will of
ficiate. Burial will be in the Cham
bers cemetery.
Mr. Fluckey came to Holt coun
ty in 1885 from Iowa and married
Bessie Meyers in 1905 at Chambers.
Survivors include his widow,
four sons. Loyn of Arlington. Eloyd
of Chambers. Marvin of Hastings
and Gordon of Hastings; two daugh
ters. Lorna Wilkinson of Chambers
and I .cola Stokes of Rupert, Ida.;
16 grand children and three great
grandchildren; sister. Annella Hop
kins of Chehalis, Wash.
THE Hlti SHOW
Mrs. Harry Peterson will pre
sent the kindergarten class in an
operetta, "The Big Show" on Fri
day, May 8th at the high school
auditorium. The operetta has been
written by Mrs. Ralph Gerber of
Hastings.
Mrs. Peterson asks the children
who cannot sit quiet for an entire
perforance to please attend the
mabnee on Thursday at 1:30 as
the characters are sometimes dis
traded by other youngsters mak
ing noise.
Victims Recovering
From 2-Car Crash
Reports from St. Joseph s hospi
[ tal in Sioux City indicate that Mrs
Leona Hynes is making satisfactory
recovery from inuries received Ap
ril 19 in an auto accident near
here Mrs. Hynes' hip, fractured
in the two car accident, was se‘
Tuesday and other injuries are
healing well.
Bernadette Hynes. New York Ci
ty. is in Sioux City with her mother.
Mrs Walter Sedivy. critically i'»
| )ured in the same accident, was
| transferred from St. Anthony's hos
pital Saturday to l.iinlberg Memor
ial hospital in Creighton.
McKinney to G.l.
O’Neill Lee Store employees
gathered at the Town House Wed
nesday evening at a farewell din
ner for assistant manager. Jim
McKinney.
McKinney is being transferred
to Grand Island to become assis
tant manager of the Hested store
there. He plans to move his family
the it as soon as he can find hous
ing.
After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Stew
art Paseoe entertained Mr. and
Mrs. McKinney and olhor employ
ees at their home.
O'Neill Residents at
Bankers Convention
A group of O’Neill residents at
tended a Hankers Convention at
the Norfolk Hotel in Norfolk April
22. The Arbor Day meeting includ
ed a luncheon for the ladies at
Prengers Resturant and sessions
for the men at the hotel headquar
ters.
In Norfolk from the O'Neill Na
tional hank were Mr. and Mrs. 1
|n Cronin, Mr and Mrs Ben Gra
dv, Mr ami Mrs. Dale French. Mr.
md Mrs. Woody Melena and from
the First National bank, Mr and
Mrs Edward Gallagher. Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Campbell, Mr and Mrs.
Archie Bright and Mr. John Wat
son.
Fetrow to Europe
Pvt. Frank Fetrow, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Fetrow, was recently
graduated with honors from the
Army Artillery Ballistic Meteoro
logy course at Fort Sill, Okla. Fet
row left Fort Sill Tuesday for a
European assignment He was gra
duated from O'Neill high school in
1956 and attended the University
of Nebraska previous to his enlist
ment in Nov-ember, 1958.
Receives Head Injury
Mrs. Don Vanderbeek of O'Neill
received a head injury requiring
stiches in an unusual accident at
her home recently.
Mrs. Vanderbeek said she was
doing the family wash and was
struck in the head with a metal
plate which covered the washing
machine wringer.
SMA Wins Third
At Norfolk Meet
St. Mary’s Academy won third
place in the Norfolk Invitational
track meet Suturday.
Omaha Benson placed first and
Norfolk edged St. Mary’s out by
two points.
Larry Tomlinson hroke a track
shot put record with a throw of
53 feet 9 inches. The previous re
cord was 50 feet 9 and one half
i inches.
St. Mary's next meet is the arch
I diocesan meet at Fromon*- Satur
day .
EMPLOYEE'S DINNER
Four O'Neill couples attended a
Safeway employee's banquet in
Columbus Sunday. They were Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Berbers, Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Hurley, Mr and Mrs
Francis Matthews and Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Cronin.
SC HAFFER ELECTED
David Schaffer of O'Neill has
t>een elected secretary-treasurer of
Rho Chi, a pharmacy honor so
ciety at Creighton University.
BANQUET TONK1HT
The annual FFA banquet will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m.
in the Lu'heran church basement.
The outstanding senior will be
honored and three honorary chap
ter farmers will lx* announced.
Holt Redistricting Committee Proposes Plans
To Increase Grade School Pupils In Page District
You would be happy too if you were as young as these girls and
a member of the first O’Neill Brownie Girl Scout group. The recent
ly formed troop met Wednesday at the Tom Cronin home for elec
tion of officers. The girls in the photo are, hack row from left,
Rose Ann Templemeyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Tem
plemeyer, Cathleen Dufek, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Joe Dufek,
Patricia McKay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll McKay, Ellen
Abart, daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Abart, Catherine Devoy, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Devoy, Barbara Moore, daughter of Mr. and
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Mrs. Bob Moore; rront row from left. Paula Tem^emeyer, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. Don Templemeyer, Sally Cronin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cronin, Kristie Abart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Keith Abart, Pat Cronin, daughter of Mr and Ms. Tom Cronin and
Patricia Templemeyer, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Don Templemeyer.
Adult leaders of the group are Mrs. Tom Cronin and Mrs D. F.
Templemeyer. The girls’ first hike was to the country club Wed
nesday afternoon. The Frontier photo and engraving
Sub District Rally
In Inman Church
The Inman Methodist church was
the meeting place of the sub-dis
trict MYF rally Sunday. High
light of the program for Methodist
youih was a la Ik by Trooper
Sceel, Nebraska Satfely Patrol.
Registration was handled by In
man MYF .recreation by Atkin
son MYF, devotions by O'Neill
MYF and evening closing devotions
by Spencer MYF Newly elected
sub-district council officers will
meet Sunday at the Harvey Tomp
kins home, Inman, to make plans
for the annual program.
O’Neill Methodist youth, Garry
Gillespie, Perry Dawes and Ruth
Ann Walker, were accompanied
to the meeting by Rev, and Mrs.
Glen Kennicott.
MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Boyd county music festi
val will be held Friday at the
Butte high school gym. Twelve
schools will participate.
Guilty Plea Entered
By Larry Edwards
In District Court
Larry Edwards of North Platte
pleaded guilty to a parole violation
i charge in District Court here Fri
: day and was sentenced to two
< years in the men's reformatory in
| Lincoln.
Edwards had been put on pro
bation by Judge Lyle Jackson last
year. He had been charged with
issuing a “no-fund” check. He ap
peared before Judge D. R. Mounts
j Friday.
Sheriff Loo Tomjack returned
Edwards to Holt county from Kim
ball Monday.
County Attorney William Griffin
represented the state.
32 O'Neill Students
Are on Honor Roll
Thirty-two O'Neill high school
students were placed on the honor
roll for the fifth six-week period.
The roll includes 12 seniors, 11
iuniors. 5 sophomores and 4 fresh
men.
The seniors are Joan Booth, Vel
da Ernst, Jeanette Fricke, Larry
Frisch, George Fuller, Gerald Kac
zor, Cherrian Knepper, Elaine
Krugman, Konnie Kurtz, Merle
Pease, Betty Rodman and Veldon
Tomlinson.
The juniors are Richard Ernst,
Gary Gillespie, Carl Harmon, Con
nie Johnson, Janet Krugman, Bon
ney Lawrence, Barbara Miller,
Paula Reed. Joyce Summers, Bar
bara VVayman and Nancy Wray.
The sophomores are John Har
der, Gary Jeffrey, Peggy Rakes,
Marion Rosenkrans and Nancy Jo
Sullivan.
The freshmen are Mike Hand,
Izanna Haynes, Robert Kramer and
Melvin Sanders.
TO BE PUBLISHED
Red Cross contributions will be
published by school districts and
towns as soon as Ewing, Page and
Atkinson send their collections in.
All rural districts w’ho have not
reported are asked to do so be fore
May 5th said Howard Manson, Holt
county fund chairman.
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These si\ hoys are the pride of O’Neill this week. They are
called the “Polka Tots” and have proven themselves winners In tin*
I.ions f'luh divisional contest. They will go to Falls City May 23
where they will participate in the state contest. The boys, front row
left, are Gary Brewster, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brewster. Steve
Keynoklson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Reynoldson and Bob
Kramer, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kramer. Back row. .foe Shoe
maker, the son of Mrs. Leona Shoemaker. Terry Kurtz, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kurtz and Kenneth Franklin, the son of 'Mr. and
.Mrs. Don Franklin. The organization owes much of its success to
the mothers who were responsible for the costumes anil their teacher,
Duane Miller, band instructor at O'Neill high school.
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Television Association
To Ask for Channel 8
The North Central Television
Associaton wll ask the Federal
Communications Commission for
assignment of channel 8 and a li
cense to operate a satellite trans
mitter in this area, according to
Frank J. Brady, president.
Brady said the decision was
made at a recent meeting at
which association representatives
from eight towns in this area dis
cussed the satellite proposal with
executives from Station KTIV,
Sioux City.
Preparation of the application
is being made with the assistance
of station KTIV personnel, and
tile formal request will be filed
with the FCC at an early date.
It will ask tor an assignment
of channel 8 to the North Central
Television Association, with per
mission to operate a satellite
transmitter located within 13 miles
of the village of Chambers in south
ern Holt county, according to Mr.
Brady.
According to a survey of the area
a transmitter located in the vicinity
of Chambers and operating on
channel 8 would not interfere with
any other station which is now
transmitting on channel 8.
Brady said the proposed satellite
would provide snow-free television
reception in a radius of 54 miles
! from the transmitter, and in some
instances up to 70 miles. He said
the area now has about 25.000 TV
sets and a population of approxima
tely 126,000.
II' our application is granted
by the POO, our next step will
be to form a corporation to raise
money for the purchase and in
stallation of the satellite equip
ment,’' Brady said.
He pointed out, however that the
corporation would not necessarily
operate the satellite station.
"After the unit is installed," he
said, "it could be turned over to
an established television station for
operation, with our association, or
corporation, retaining title to the
equipment.
About 26 association representa
tives met with Station KTIV exefu
tives in Atkinson recently to dis
cuss the proposals and adopt a plan
of procedure. Towns representated
at the meeting were Atkinson,
Stuart, Chambers. Spencer, O'Neill,
Ewing, Bassett and Long Pine.
KTIV personnel present at the
meeting included Gene Flaherty,
Dietrich Dirks and A1 Smith.
Here's Hia's Answer
To Modern Musk
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Mrs. John Silverstrand, Atkinson,
and a former Frontier correspon
dent, is a busy farm wife, but finds
some time to devote to her hobby,
writing.
Last week Mrs. Silverstrand sat
down at her typewriter and com
posed a poem “just for fun.” The
poem is an answer to the current
popular song, “I’ve Got a Wife at
Home.”
I've got a man at home. I’ve
got a man at home.
He’s the apple of my eye and
I love the husky guy, but he
works my tlnv fingers to the
bone.
I’ve got to hang his clothes up,
empty ash trays, pick the lint
up off the floor.
Clean the bathtub, straighten
drawers anil mend the socks
I did before.
Find his tie and rub hi« back
and wipe his shave cream off
the shelf.
(iiiess he doesn’t even know I’d
like to take a walk myself.
There he goes right out the
door, nonchalantly as before,
and when he comes in again,
the whole dam thing begins
again.
All he loves is western movies,
sleep and gee how he can
snore.
fiiilps his food down, scatters
papers all around the floor.
Cuts my Club cake, spills the
sugar, makes a mess where
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MBS. SILVERSTRAND
. . , for husbands
’ere he goes.
Steals my raisins, wastes my
time and makes me long for
sweet repose.
Things he just takes in his
stride, makes a wife out of a
bride.
Hope he hears this song, the
lug, and knows It’s just like
his humbug.
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Carrie Bernhardt
Rites Are Scheduled
Friday Afternoon
EWING Funeral services for
Carrie A. Bernhardt will be held
Friday at 2 p.m. from the Meth
odist church with Rev. Ivan Tur
ner officiating. Burial will be in
the Cedar Valley cemetery at El
gin. The body will lie in state at
the Snider funeral home in Clear
water.
Organist will be Mrs. William
Spangler. Ed Hoag, Eben Grafft,
Archie Johnston and Wendell
Switzer will sing several selections.
Pallbearers chosen are Lionel
Gunter, Ernie Norwood, Dewitt
Larson, Rol Horde and Richard
Shain.
Carrie A. Miller Bernhardt was
born July 27, 1879, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Miller at
Garrison, Benton county, la. She
came to Nebraska at an early age.
She received most of her schooling
at Riverside school near Clearwa
ter.
She was married to Charles Bern
hardt and to this union was bom
one daughter who died in infancy.
Mrs. Bernhardt had been ill
about a year. She died Thursday
at the Antelope Memorial hospital
in Neligh.
She had five brothers and four
sisters of which three sisters sur
vive, Mrs. Lillie Meyers and Mis.
Myrtle Kimes of Clearwater and
Mrs. Lettie Dillehay of Gering.
Niobrara Valley Corp.
To Hold Meeting
The annual meeting of the Nio
brara Valley Electric Membership
Corporation will be at 2 p.m. Fri
day at the Legion hall in O’Neill.
A1 Chantry, manager of the Ne
braska Generating and Transmis
sion Cooperative will be the fea
tured speaker.
Eelecion of four directors, and
an administrative change in the
by-laws and reports on the cooper
ative’s business will be on the ag
enda.
The nominating committee con
sists of John Langan, Elmer Allyn,
Frank Mulhair and Theodore Craw
frod.
The following nominations have
been made: District II Carl Sch
midt, Spencer; District IV. Emil
Micanek and Vernon Dahlberg,
both of Lynch; District VTI, Car
roll O’Neill and Axel Borg, both
of O’Neill. District X, Charles Mul
ford and David Keidel, both of Stu
art.
Delegates Selected
By School Association
Four local delegates to the state
meeting of the Nebraska School
Improvement association have been
chosen.
The meeting will be held in Lin
coln on May 5 and 6. Delegates
include Richard Brauer. of Stuart,
the chairman of the county organ
ization, Mrs. Florence Boettcher
of Atkinson, secretary, Dean Got
schalk of Atkinson and Dick Clark
of O'Neill.
Over 100 school board members
were present for the meeting.
TRAINING SESSION
Wilbur L. Moon of Staurt re
turned home Thursday from Oma
ha where he attended a 2-day
training session for directors of
National Farm Loan Associations.
See Tax Decrease
Of Near 10 Mills
In Community
A slop toward the reorganiza
tion of several grade school dis
tricts near Page has been taken
by the Holt county redistricting
committee.
A public hearing will bo held at
8:45 p.m. May 11 in the Holt coun
ty court house on a plan submitt
ed by the committee which would
merge five districts into one.
The move was viewed by the
committee as one of the more im
portant and far reaching in their
plans to date.
The merger would have the effect
of grouping districts 57, 97, 138 and
110 with district 2 in Page.
If the plan is accepted, the Page
grade school would receive 29 more
students, 12 from District 57 and
17 from District 97. At the present
time 17 children in Districts 138
and 110 are already attending
grade school classes in Page.
Merwin French, jr., president of
the redistricting committee said
approximately 10 mills would be
dropped from the 53 mills school
levy paid in the Page District
if the plan is accepted The mill
levy in the outlaying districts
would, however, increase, he said.
Four points will be discussed by
objectors and proponets of the plan:
1. The merits of the proposed re
organization plan.
2. The value and the amount of all
school property of whatever na
ture if involved in the plan.
3. The amount of outstanding in
debtedness of each district and
the proposed disposition.
4. The equitable adjustment of
all property debts, liabilities among
the districts involved.
French said nearly the same pro
posal was defeated by a few votes
several months ago. "I believe
that it will go through this time,"
he said.
New Facilities for
Biglin's Mortuary
Joe Tennis and George Hammond
present operators of Biglin’s Fur
niture and Biglin’s Funeral Home,
announced this week that their pre
sent location will be completely
remodeled and will consist of a
mortuary exclusively.
A new chapel will be built, com
pletely carpeted and air-condition
ed. New offices will l>e constructed
and new lounges will be installed.
The floor covering department
will be moved to a new location,
the first door west of McIntosh
Jewelry ami will be operated under
Biglin’s management.
Meyer’s Midwest Furniture and
Appliance have bought out the
furniture stock. Biglin’s will no
longer handle the furniture line.
Martlu Uhl, the daughter ol
Mr. anil Mrs. Norvert Uhl of
O’Neill, has been named l-irl
Of Tho-l'ear at the College of
St. Mary In Omaha- Only seniors
are eligible for the distinction.
The qualifications arc loyalty,
leadership, friendliness and schol
astic ability. Marlin is pursuing
a bachelor of science degree in
elementary education.
THE WEATHER
HI I/o I’
Thursday, April 23 67 38
Friday 78 29
Saturday •• 48 24
Sunday 64 36
Monday 56 39 T
Tuesday 68 39
Wednesday .. 77 40
O'Neill Eagles Take
Second Place In
NCNC Track Meet
O’Neill High ran second in the
I NCNC track meet in Bassett Wcd
| nesday afternoon
Valentine edged the Eagles hy
6 points with a score of 70 points
Bassett placed third.
Jim I .arson for O'Neill won the
low and high hurdles, Boh Ehy
won the high jump, Ronnie Smith
won the broad jump and Larry
Donlin took the shot put.
O'Neill’s next meet will !>e a
week from Monday when the Class
B district meet is scheduled in
O’Neill.
FARMER'S UNION
The second district Farmer's Dn
j ion spring meeting was held April
i 21 at the O'Neill Methodist church.
Approximately 40 memlw'i'- from
several counties heard speakers
including Elton Berck, state presi
dent, Wilber Drown, state exchan
ge, Frank Haumont, district presi
dent and Clarence Lewis, district
lxiard memberr.
A pot luck dinner was served
in the church basement at noon.
DENTAL CONVENTION
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess and
LaVeta Lehn returned Wednesday
evening from Lincoln where Dr.
Burgess attended Ihc Nebraska
Dental Convention and Miss I,ehn,
the Dental Assistants Convention.
Convention sessions began with re
gistration Monday.
TELEPHONE SCHOOL
Fred Jones returned this week
from a three week Northwestern
Bell Telephone Co. training course
held in Omaha.
TO MINNEAPOLIS
Frank McKinney, manager of the
Gambles clothing department in
O’Neill, will leave Monday for a
Gambles manager’s meeting in
1 Minneapolis. McKinney will be gone
I for a week.
Jacque Arbuthnot, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Arbuth
not of O’Neill will be going to FaJIs City May 23 to compete in the
state Lion’s Club talent contest. She was a winner at the Fullerton
divisional contest after winning the local contest. Jacque has just
received another honor. She was named a winner of the 23rd annual
Time magazine current affairs test. She shared the honors with
2,(too others in the United States.
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